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TOPIK 5verb

중지하다

jungjihada

중지해요 · 중지했어요 · 중지할 거예요 · 중지하세요

to stop, to suspend, to halt

Example

비가 많이 와서 경기를 중지했습니다.

They stopped the game because of heavy rain.

Word parts

중 middle지 stop

Literally 'stop in the middle.'

Good to know

중지 halts something already underway; 금지 forbids it from happening at all.